importunate
adj/ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/UK/ɪmˈpɔɹt͡ʃənət/US/ɪmˈpɔːtjuːneɪt/UK/ɪmˈpɔɹtjuːneɪt/US
Etymology
First attested in 1477, in Middle english; from Latin importūnus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), modelled on Middle French importuné. By surface analysis, importune + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- derived from importuné
- derived from importūnus + -ate
Definitions
Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
- Trembling in every limb I raise my loud importunate cry, And in a sacred terror wait the Delian god’s reply.
Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
- [...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.
An importuner.
- This will put an Answer into the Kings mouth, against all importunates.
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To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
- All which notwithstanding, I obtained licence at length to make my supplication to the noble Parliament house; but I could find no messengers till Sir John Seton went, whom I importunated daily to obtain me favor for my return home again.
- Is my work ended? The fear of importunating my friends answers, “Yes.”
- It is the concrete that impresses, that importunates until it influences—in writing as in everything else.
The neighborhood
- neighborimportune
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA